Abstract
Mesoporous spherical γ-Al2O3 particles were prepared by spray pyrolysis of commercial boehmite without the use of templating materials. Before spray pyrolysis, a boehmite slurry was prepared through thermal acid treatment of commercial boehmite with various concentrations of HNO3. The spray pyrolysis process produced spherical γ-Al2O3 particles with a size of 1 μm regardless of the pretreatment conditions. However, the dominant pore size of the produced γ-Al2O3 particles shifted from 35 nm to 3.5 nm when the molar ratio of [HNO3]/[AlOOH] increased from 0.06 to 0.24 during thermal acid treatment.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 151-156 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry |
| Volume | 56 |
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| State | Published - 25 Dec 2017 |
Keywords
- Boehmite
- Mesoporous
- Phase transformation
- Spray pyrolysis
- γ-Alumina